Double faucet



E. E. LAKSO DOUBLE FAUCET Sept. 9, 1924. 1,508,021

Filed Jan. 2, 1923 2 Shuts-Shoot 1 Fay/6.

E. E. LAKSO DOUBLE FAUCET Sept. 9 1924.

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EINO E. LAKSO, OF FITC HBUBG, MASSACHUSETTS.

nounnn saucer.

Application filed January 2, 1928. Serial No. 610,806.

To all whom it may concern. I Be it known that I, Envo E. Lane, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Fitchburg, in the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts,'have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Double Faucet, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in a double faucet.

One object is to provide a double faucet.

a full flow.

Still another object being to provide a body of a one piece casting.

Additional objects and advantages will appear hereinafter as thedescriptlon prosses in relation to the accompanying awings of onepreferred embodiment.

In said drawings Figural is a front elevation.

Figure'2 is a cross-sectional side elevatio on the line X-X of Figure 1.

Fi re 3 is a cross-section on the line Y- of Figure 2.

Figures-4 to 18 are detail views of the several parts of theconstruction.

Figures 19 to 22 are views of the combination showing application tovarious piping arrangements which will be specifically described inconnection with each fi re,

Figure 19 being a front elevation of igure 20. 1

Referring specifically .to the drawings wherein like referencdcharactersdesignate like or corresponding parts, one form of the inventionis"illustrated in Figures 1 and- 2, Figure 1 be' front elevation of thecomplete faucet, figure 2 being a cross-sectional side view of thecomplete faucet cut on the line X-Xof Figure; 1.

0 body, a metallic u an" interior construction as shown, inwhi 35 areinlet passages whichat their 'i f gare on the same horizontal plane, butto recesses 36 and 37 in the body, they form a quarter-tum spiral asshown in Figure 3.

Said recesses are connected to their respective outlets 47 I and 38 byopenings through the upper and lower valve seats, said outlets forminginto a single spout 39. Figure 7 to 12 illustrate the construction ofthe lower valve, of which 15 is the controlling handle, having'thedesired lettering as shown, it is joined to the stem 19 by means of thehole 17, which receives the smaller diameter of the valve stem, abuttingat the shoulder 18, and secured by means of the pin 44 in the hole16-'-16. On the large lower end of the valve and against the face 21, is

disposed concentrically the leather valve disk 22 and washer 24, andsecured by screw 26 passing through the holes 25 and 23 in the washerand dlSk into thevalve. Completely assembled it is screwed into thethreaded hole 40, Figure 2, by means of the threaded portion 20, so asto abut the disk 22 to the valve seat 42. Figures 13 to 18 illustratethe construction of the upper valve, of which 1 is the controllinghandle, having the desired lettering as shown, and having the hole 4 toreceive the end of the valve stem 5, the up: per surfaces forming aplane.

ling a hole 3-3 is rilled and threaded to receive screw 2 which acts asa locking key,

by washer 12 having the hole 13, and nut 14.'

This valve having a larger seat and outlet has a proportionately smallerpitch In assem-' thread 7 which screws into the threaded hole -4:1,Figure 2, the leather disk 10 abutting the valve seat, 43, the lowervalve stem 19 passin through the hole 6 in the valve stem 5.

igures 4 to 6 illustrate the stufiing-box of which the gland 31 havingthe hole 32 is placed as shown in Figure 2, the body 'a sho It will berealized that a faucet devised in this manner may be used in a greatmany.

difierent-waya, and. put to various Figures 19-to 22 will now bespecifically re ferredto.

Figure 19 is a front elevation and Ifigure 20 a side elevation of thecombination as embodies in a bath-tub faucet. Figure 21 is a sideelevation of the combination as embodied in a basin faucet.

Figure 22 is a side elevation of the combination as applied to a sinkbasin having a back. r

Merely preferred embodiments of the invention have been illustrated anddescribed, it is understood that changes may be resorted to Within thespirit and scope as defined in the appended claims.

I am aware that prior to my invention double faucets have been made withtwo independent valves and one spout. I therefore do not claim such acombination broadly: but,

I claim:

\1. In a combination hot and cold water faucet having separate valves,an outlet and separate inlets; means for elevating said valvesindependently or in combination,said means being two screw section stemsconcentrically disposed, one passing longitudnally through the other andassumng upper and lower independent positions in the body, said valvesactuated by upper and lower handles aiiixed to aforesaid respectivevalves.

2. In a combination hot and cold water faucet having separate valves, anoutlet and separate inlets in the body; said body being cast in onepiece having two distinct valve elevating threaded holes concentricallybored on difierent planes.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

, EINO E. LAKSO Witnesses:

lURHO E. HEIssoN,

'WAINO H. LAKSO.

